The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life and have [it] abundantly. John 10:10

Following our baptism, there will be threats to the abundant life that God promises us but God will dispossess them of any hold they have on what He wills to give to us, if we follow Him and do not go ahead of Him outside of His authority and command.

God does not say that what stands before us is little and easy to overcome. He says: "Hear, Israel, thou art passing over today the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens, a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom thou - thou hast known". (Deut 9:1,2)

But we are to know that Yahweh 'thy God is He who is passing over before thee - a fire consuming He doth destroy them ...